Is wp-data-access (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress wp-data-access has 2 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

2advisories

1critical

0on CISA KEV

1no fix recorded

CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2023-1874	The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to a lack	high	7.5	`<=5.3.7`	–
CVE-2021-24866	The WP Data Access WordPress plugin before 5.0.0 does not properly sanitise and escape the backup_date parameter before using it a SQL state	critical	9.8	`<5.0.0`	`5.0.0`

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